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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1721674, member: 27832&quot;]Wow -- I don&#039;t see it that way at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, while eBay does apply some pressure to sellers to offer extended return policies, it&#039;s not a requirement. If a seller doesn&#039;t want to accept returns, he doesn&#039;t have to offer them. If he <i>does</i> offer a return policy, it&#039;s entirely up to the buyer whether or not to use it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, the other cases you describe are covered <i>regardless</i> of whether the seller offers a return policy -- damaged-in-transit is covered either under the seller&#039;s insurance, or under the not-as-described clause, and the others are simple &quot;not as described&quot; cases. In most of the instances where that&#039;s happened, I haven&#039;t had to invoke Buyer Protection at all, because most sellers are ethical and reasonable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, I&#039;ve hardly ever returned things that were accurately described, because <i>I&#039;m</i> ethical and reasonable. In a situation like this, as you see, I decided not to bid (although I would have if the price in the closing seconds had been a bit lower). But if I <i>had</i> decided to &quot;take the gamble&quot;, counting on returning the lot if it didn&#039;t work out, I don&#039;t see an ethical problem. If I&#039;d found the coins weren&#039;t what I thought, I&#039;d be taking advantage of an offer that was baked into the transaction; if I kept the coins, the seller would have <i>gotten more money</i> than the next-lowest bidder offered -- and that&#039;s the big incentive for offering a return policy. If you offer one, more people are willing to bid on your stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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